Oval gem with bust of a woman
1st century B.C.
Medium/TechniqueCarnelian
DimensionsLength: 29 mm (1 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Edward Perry Warren
Accession number27.774
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Count Michel Tyszkiewicz Collection; 1898: auction of the M. Tyszkiewicz Collection, Hotel des Commissaires-Priseurs, 9 rue Drouot, Paris, June 8-10, lot 297; by date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; April 5, 1926: loaned to MFA by Edward Perry Warren (as 40.26); gift of Edward Perry Warren to MFA, November 17, 1927
late 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
3rd–1st century B.C.
early 1st century B.C.
6th century B.C.
2nd – 1st century B.C.
1st century B.C.
1st century B.C.
1st century B.C.
2nd century B.C.
2nd century B.C.
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
1st century A.D.